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Clarkson RASC-AL Team Competes in Galveston

The forum included student oral and poster presentations, as well as technical presentations from NASA, industry, and university professionals. The Clarkson team, which was among the top-ten selected to participate, presented their project, "Manned Missions to Near Earth Objects Using Exploration Systems Architecture Study Hardware."

In addition to the support received from Clarkson's SPEED (Student Projects for Engineering Experience and Design) program, the Clarkson team was awarded $5,000 from the Universities Space Research Association to participate in the forum.

RASC-AL is an enterprise of NASA and the Universities Space Research Association, which links universities with the NASA Langley Research Center. With this synergy, NASA can communicate with the innovative minds of tomorrow and obtain concepts and technology that will lead to opportunities for future NASA research and programs.

Clarkson University, located in Potsdam, New York, is a private, nationally ranked university with a reputation for developing innovative leaders in engineering, business, the sciences, health sciences and the humanities. At Clarkson, 3,000 high-ability students excel in an environment where learning is not only positive, friendly and supportive but spans the boundaries of traditional disciplines and knowledge. Faculty members achieve international recognition for their research and scholarship and connect students to their leadership potential in the marketplace through dynamic, real-world problem solving.

Photo caption: Members of the Clarkson RASC-AL team in front of a Space Shuttle mock-up while on a tour of NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. From left to right: tour guide, Kate Wickswat, Sean Moore, Robert Fievisohn, Myles Farrell, Steve Caron, Andrew Bingham, Rob Zilnicki and Dan Valyou.

[News directors and editors: For more information, contact Annie Harrison, Director of Media Relations, at 315-268-6764 or aharrison@clarkson.edu.]